Eliot Spizzirri and Rei Sakamoto will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Lexington Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:00 pm on STADIUM 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Eliot Spizzirri who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Eliot Spizzirri is the pick to win this match.
Eliot Spizzirri -> 1.64
Rei Sakamoto -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Eliot Spizzirri vs. Rei Sakamoto

This will be the 2^nd time that Eliot Spizzirri and Rei Sakamoto square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Spizzirri (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Spizzirri won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger back in July 2025.

Eliot Spizzirri

Ranked no. 124, Spizzirri got to the 2^nd round after beating Stefan Dostanic 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Spizzirri had a good straight sets win against Dostanic (6-3 6-2). During the match, Spizzirri scored 77 points vs Dostanic’s 56. Spizzirri was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Spizzirri made 5 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Eliot Spizzirri lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Spizzirri put 81% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Dostanic 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Spizzirri has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (97-62). 17-9 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Spizzirri has an aggregate67-36 record in the last 5 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the San Diego Challenger where he defeated Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4.

Eliot has a composed 33-22 win-loss record in 2025, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lexington Challenger

Rei Sakamoto

Ranked no. 205 (career-high), Sakamoto got to the 2^nd round after defeating Antoine Ghibaudo 1-6 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Ghibaudo, Rei recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Sakamoto scored 78 points vs Ghibaudo’s 74. Sakamoto was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Sakamoto managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rei Sakamoto lost the serve 4 times. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 54% of his first serves in, winning 72% (26/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Ghibaudo 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cary Challenger where he beat Liam Draxl in the final 6-1 6-4.

The Japanese has an aggregate 23-15 win-loss record in 2025, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Spizzirri	Sakamoto
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	25
Pts	77-56	78-74
Total Points	133	152
Winners	30	26
%Winners	39%	33%

Both Spizzirri and Sakamoto played 1 match. At the moment, Rei Sakamoto surrendered 1 set while Eliot Spizzirri hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Spizzirri has played 1 set(s) less than Sakamoto (2 vs 3). Therefore, Spizzirri played 8 games less than Sakamoto. Spizzirri scored 30 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Sakamoto made 26 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Spizzirri	Sakamoto
Aces	5	7
Avg per match	5	7
1st in	43/53	36/67
%1st in	81%	54%
1st pts	30/43	26/36
%1st pts	70%	72%
2nd pts	5/10	15/31
%2nd pts	50%	48%

Spizzirri blasted 5 aces . Sakamoto struck 7 aces . Spizzirri won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Spizzirri	Sakamoto
Won	5	5
Converted	5/14	5/12
% Converted	36%	42%
Conceded	3	4
Saved	1	0
% Saved	33%	0%
Times Broken	2	4

The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Sakamoto broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Rei conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Spizzirri
	R1 Dostanic	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	77-56	77-56
Total points	133	133
Winners	30	30
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	43/53	43/53
% 1st in	81%	81%
1st pts	30/43	30/43
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	5/10	5/10
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/14	5/14
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Sakamoto
	R1 Ghibaudo	Total
Score	1-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	78-74	78-74
Total points	152	152
Winners	26	26
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	36/67	36/67
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	26/36	26/36
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	15/31	15/31
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	0/4	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	4	4

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